Looks can be deceiving\u2026is it snowing in Polk County? Chief Meteorologist Denis Phillips has responded to the reports of possible snow flurries falling in Polk County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As of around 9:00 p.m. the temperatures at the surface in Polk County were around 38-41 degrees. Phillips explained, \u201cAs the slice of the atmosphere is being measured as you go up, it was actually almost 50 degrees several thousand feet up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
50 degrees = no frozen precipitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though it looked\/looks <\/em>like snow, what happens when you have very small water droplets (non-frozen water droplets) and you shine light on those droplets, they reflect the light and you\u2019ll see it fly around because they are super tiny and it\u2019s breezy. This is what makes them look like snow flurries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said, \u201cThe atmosphere for it to snow has to be cold from top to bottom<\/em><\/strong> and it has to be below 32 degrees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n With that being said, in the instances where we do see snow on the ground and it\u2019s \u201cabove 32 degrees\u201d this means as the flurries are coming down and the air is warming to 32 or above, the snowflakes start to stick together but they don\u2019t completely melt so you could still see snow flurries or snow showers in this case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Phillips called the weather service in Ruskin to verify and they too confirmed no snow in Polk County. Fox 13\u2019s Paul Dellegatto, along with Omar Gonzalez\/Weather Journalist also confirmed the no snow report. <\/p>\n\n\n\n With that being said. Phillips and his humorous side says if you think and want it to be snow, then let it be snow in your mind! Enjoy the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For those asking about certain weather apps tomorrow morning showing possible snow flurries, this is a totally different story. It all depends on the air aloft\/up in the atmosphere in the morning, if it has cooled enough at that time, and if there\u2019s enough moisture etc. For now, Phillips focused on the present weather conditions tonight. Tomorrow is another day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Looks can be deceiving\u2026is it snowing in Polk County? Chief Meteorologist Denis Phillips has responded to the reports of possible snow flurries falling in Polk County. As of around 9:00 p.m. the temperatures at the surface in Polk County were around 38-41 degrees. Phillips explained, \u201cAs the slice of the atmosphere is being measured as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":75188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1024,1023,1022,60,1021],"class_list":{"0":"post-75189","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-denis-phillips","9":"tag-meteorologist","10":"tag-meteorology","11":"tag-polk-county","12":"tag-snow"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/e43d72a5-80c8-4346-a5dd-af4b8719d68b-1.png?fit=2000%2C1280&ssl=1","aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t